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ajasaCTraJammMEMt PAILT OAKTAfc-JtOUKKAIi,- 8 AUIM, -. ORCK)X, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1009. THE CAPITAL JOURNAL R. IIOFKH, KtMtor and Proprietor Independent Newpper DtoIh1 to Amefloin Principle end w tbe iToxrtmi ul NeTelopemenl or Ail Oregon. rublliuod Brery Krcnlnn Kxcopt Bimdty, galent, Ore. SUIJHCIlHTJOiV ItATKH. (Inrrlblr In Adrsncc,) Uftlly, by carrier, per yer W.W Vet month -.Wo DaUt. by mall, per yeer... . iM Vet moslh Me Weoklr, by null, per yet. .. ....'.00 Six moulht ..Mo rs vUBaMWffifr LITTLE TALKS WITH it- MEN IN OREGON WHO ARE DOING THINGS W 9 Addison Bonnett who runs two newspapers in eastern Ore gon, has the norvo to say that Governor Benson may not bo ineligible to become a candidate for Governor, , Whon there is a new candidate appearing or causing him self to appear almost every day, Bennett seems to think it would bo common decency to consider a man who is already filling the office. Bonnett In his original way says a few things worth con sdlorlng and thinking about, Listen to the sage of Rabbit- "Public sorvico, fitnoss, just dosorts all those cut no fig ure" "Nothing much counts save the length of the purse of the aspirant." "It Is a fact that some of those who aspiro to be Gov ernor are wholly unfit for tho office," "Some of them havo only tho requirement of nerve, gall, chook call it what you may." "Others havo only tho faculty of working tho granges, while others aro adepts at shaking hands and kissing tho bablos," "Tho logical candidato of tho Republican partv will bo Frank W, Benson, provided he makes as good a Governor as we hope he will and as he promises to be." "Ho is now governor and by making good will havo a di rect claim for that promotion upon tho party," Tho sago of tho sago brush then announces that ho has boon askod to support othor aspirants and Governor Ben son bus not made himself an aspirant but Bennett says he will support Benson. Tfiis'ln Intorosting for it is done without considering tho intorosts of the multiplicity of candidates, It is enough to say that Governor Benson is making good, and whilo ho modestly declined to put himself into the raco tho Republican party might find him available, Tho vory favorable roport of Mr, Harriman's export, Col, Holablrd, on tho rosourcos of the Coos Bny country ought to sottlo Mr, Haniman's mind on tho question of building tho lino from Drain to Coos Bay, Harriman has advanced the money to build the line from Portland to Tillamook. Ilnrriman will into Klamath Falls by Juno 7th, Tho Ilnrriman intoiests aio said to bo ready and willing to ponolrnto conlial Oregon by tho Dos Chutes canyon, For tho-80 things doing and to be -dono tho thanks of tho poonlo of Oroaon nio due tho railroads are lonn oast due. i ho damnnd of Mr, Ilnrriman that tho Coos Bay pooplo gunrnntoo four por cent before ho will build has nnd ono offoct, It has dotormlned tho Coos Bny pooplo to organize and go to work to help themselves. Aftot somo ona has built n milroad into tho Coos Bny Country Mr. Hairiman will wonder why hit chump advisers did not steer Iftm in there ten years ago. Down In California the Spreckols company will begin to build n railroad ncioss n desert just as Senator Clark did. Work will bouln within n month on tiie San Diego nnd Arizona raihond, accoiding to an announcement made by the Sprockols company The mad will connect with the Southern Pacific at Yuma, 150 miles east of San Diego. It will run for a distance of 50 miles below the Hue in Lower California, John D, Spreckols having secured the ne qossnry concossion from the Mexican government, Besides the building of the railroad, tho company has se cured a large amount of land for depot and other purposes, ru well as tide lands tor whnives which the company will soon build, At Chula Vista, a subuib of San Diego, on the southwest shoie of the bay, thev will orect warehouses, roundhouses, oil houses and tanks, machine shops, nnd storage and nu torial shads. The building of this road means much for the surroundinn country. It will doveolp one of the most fertile valleys in the noith ern part of Lowor California, Valle de San Yskiro, and will also pass through tho Imperial valley, the phenomenal growth pf whose fertile lands is now w oil known to tho outside world. Capitalists from all ovor the countiy, and moro especially of tho Pacific const, havo been investing heavily in and about- Snn Diego since tho announcement two years ago that the Sprockets Intorosts would build this line. Mr, Harriman has alroadv sunk about a million and a half on tho Drain and Coos Bay line, Tho Coos Bay peoplo aro now organized to survey and build a line out the other vay to Roseburg, The Marshfield Chamber of Commerce held a meeting Friday, April 30 and raised several thousand dollars for the survey, Men like Dr, McCormack, Henry Sengstacken, Dr, Mingus, Wm, Grimes, and others will not stop with a mere survey. Besides there is plenty of room and plenty of business for another railroad out of Coos Bay to Roseburg, Let Mr, Harriman in good faith go ahead and build the line from Drain to Coos Bay. Let the Coos Bay Boosters go ahead and build the line to Roseburg, The country is rich enough and there will be business enough for both lines. The four per cent had hotter be spent building a new road out of the Coos Bay country. Mr. Harriman's advisers overreached in asking that four per cent. All western Oregon and the whole Willamette valley is Interested in the fight for a railroad into Coos Bay. It would mean the rapid development ot all western Ore gon and the coast country for its whole length. The time is not far distant when there will be a line up and down the Oregon coast for the timber alone, t When deserts will support railroads in southern California and Mexico, where Harriman is building, and the Spreckels, why quibble about four per cent guarantees on the railroad to Coos Bay? Oregon is in its infancy. Its soil has only been scratched in spots. Outside of a narrow belt running through the fertile val leys ot western uregon ana along me ooiumma, me statu is still undeveloped. These valleys are capable of a much lusher state of cul tivation, capable of sustaining ten times the present popu lation while the greatest portion of the state is still un touched save by the stock grower only the bleating of sheep, the tramp of cattle and the shouts of their solitary herders disturbs the virgin solitude. Oregon is a state of wonderful possibilities, the wealthiest of all in undeveloped resources, and her people have been content in their lethargy, because life under the old condi tions was so easy, But wth the invasion of newcomers, her .people are awakoning to their opportunities, and no state in the Union will advance faster in material prosperity or increase more rapidly in population than Oregon in the next 20 years, Oregon is securing marvelous promise of railroads. .Secre genoral land office and approvas affirmed the decision of the general Ian doffice and approved the first 40 mi es of the pro posed Harriman and Hill railroads into Central Oregon, dis missing the protest of the Deschutes River Power & Devel opment company, , .. , The controversy between the Deschutes railroad, the Mnrrlmnn nrninntnrl linn mirf thn OmeOll TrUllK. the Hi PrO- jected line, remains to be adjusted, as do the claims of pii- Mnyor Uodgors hn gone to Rupert, ll Pin Invntitli'ntft conditions for ... v., " ";-, -" investments, no win uo uwnjr n oral week. vate irrigation interests along the routes of the proposed roads. This decision is the first step towards making construc tion possible. The Harriman line will be 130 miles in length, extending from the 0, R. & N. branch at Shaniko up the Deschutes to Redmond, and will cost $4,700,000. Construction has been promised to begin when the maps for the remaining 90 miles have been approved. The plans contemplate the ultimate extension to Bend, where it joins the projected Natron cutoff on the Klamath Falls Weed line. , , , The Hill line is an extension from Kingsley, the terminal pf the Great Southern up the Deschutes to Bend and thence to Klamath Falls, with a branch to Burns, This great section of Central Oregon must eventually have a short-cut railroad to CoosBay, which government engi neers have pronounced the only practical deep-sea harbor for warships between San Francisco and Puget Sound, When these roads are constructed some of the richest ter "itory in Oregon will be made accessible and homes provided for millions of people, COLORADO CAPITALIST DESIRES LARGE TRACT FOR COLONIZATION Is Enthusiastic About tire Future of Oregon Development Holders of Land Suitable for Colony Should Get Busy A capitalist conneoted with unu of 1 (ho InrKOMt bunks In Dunvur, Colo., ' 1im written to Col. K. llofer, jirosl iilunt of tho Wlllnmotto Valley Do ivolopniont leiiKUu, stHtlni,' his ilftdro .ti net hold of a InrRO tract of lnnd somewhere In Wosturn Oregon for colonization purposca. Uo Ih uhho elntoil with others who htivo more or less menus nt their command, and from the way ho writes, ho np pours to be quite enthusiastic about Ore Kon'H future development. The Capital Journal nor Its editor are In the real estate luminous, but at tho hond of n largo dovolopmont campaign take a doop Interest In nuoh matters. This In tho moat favorable time for eastern capitalists to got hold of large tracts of Oregon lands and Improve thoni by clearing, or chard planting, cut them up nnd sell them. Poisons holding trncts of 2,000 acros or upwards, or ovon 1,000 acres of valley lnnds. should try to got Into practical touch wuh thoso Denver parties, and the head of tho Wil lamette Development league will take pliuiaure In gUmg all detailed Information. 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